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Tedeschi Trucks Band STEAM: There are a staggering 11 members in the band.

With so many people from such varied backgrounds how are you able to blend their styles based on all those music influences?

TTB: I think what helps is that while there are quite a few people in the band, most of us do share some common influences. Blues, Gospel, 60’s rock. There are a lot of common grounds. At the same time we all listen and learn from each other so when we are writing it’s all about doing the best we can. This band is big but it’s a not a melding of my band and my husband’s so members feel comfortable to stand their own ground instead of siding with one group over another.

STEAM: So even without merging the two bands you still ended up with 11 people…amazing…

TTB: (Laughing) Yeah, but they are a dream team of sorts, we have all we need in this band.

STEAM: You and your husband have two children and record in a studio behind your house, on the road do you feel the family aspect is you and your husband or the whole group?

TTB: The whole group, the crew included. When you spend that much time with people you find how much you really care about each other. We’re all family around here. It’s not me and my husband with a lot of people behind us. There is some compromise from time to time but most of the time we agree.

STEAM: 2012 was been a very big year for the band from a Grammy Win to performing at the White House.

Looking back is this where you thought you would be at this point in time?

TTB: I think we definitely are on pace for where this band wants to be. We’re not the type of band that wants things to happen for them overnight. For all of us we’ve been doing this for 20 years and we know where we should be at. The industry has changed a lot in the last ten years with the advent of the digital age and the slump of album sales. With that in mind most bands don’t have a grasp on how many fans they have until they get out on the road. We’ve been fortunate to have a lot of support for the band, even worldwide. It’s quite exciting and in a lot of ways we’re doing better than we thought.

STEAM: While the advent of technology has hurt album sales, streaming video sites like Youtube have served to help don’t you think? Especially when playing abroad.

TTB: It helps and it hurts, sometimes there can be too much of a good thing, too many people streaming and not paying much attention. Where it helps is to make up for the lack of radio airplay new music sees today, now people can build their own radio stations online, stream from their phone. It’s give and take.

STEAM: You decided on a live album for the follow up?

What was the thought process on that?

TTB: Where the band was at during the decision process was Derek wanted to show the bands energy level and the improvisation. Sure it’s more radio friendly developed in a studio but the live album really tells the tale of how songs develop. It’s a nice glimpse of what the band is like touring. I think it was a good choice because it’s difficult to be touring a record but not be working on a record at the same time, this allowed us to do so and so far the fans love it!

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Fill the void / J. Michael Dolan (0:27) The voice in your head would have you believe that you’re creating something important. Are you? Or are you just creating to create?

Creating more noise? Creating to avoid? Creating to impress? Creating yet another distraction that will slow the progress of reaching your impossible dream.

Hopefully you’re using your talent to create art & commerce that makes a difference, fills a void, serves a purpose, solves a problem, or adds value. Hopefully you’re creating something that will make a worthwhile contribution to your fans, followers, tribe and customers.

“No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.

I think it’s ok to create just to create. It’s fun. It’s inspiring. It has value. It’s passionate. However, even passion fizzles out eventually, while creating art that matters last a lifetime.

Art + commerce J. Michael Dolan (0:43) Entrepreneurs are artists, and artists are entrepreneurs. Artists need to express their art, entrepreneurs need to exploit their art. Problem is, Art is always on the battlefield with Commerce: Art wants nothing more than to be expressed.

Commerce wants nothing more than to profit from Art. Art dreams about being admired.

Commerce dreams about abundance.

Art wrestles with the doubting mind of the artist.

Commerce wrestles with the doubting mind of the consumer.

Art loves how Commerce promotes her to the masses.

Commerce loves how Art is so willing to be exploited.

Art's real enemy: A timid artist.

Commerce's real enemy: Bad Art. To the artist, Commerce is the audacious mercenary of Art. To the entrepreneur, Art is the essential swag of Commerce.

I think Art & Commerce really want the same thing: to be respected and paid. So why do they always end up on the battlefield?

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Hey you?!?! Yeah you Mr. or Ms. producer/engineer!!!!! How many of you have found the hardest question to answer is, “How do I get paid?” How many others have refused to take on a great project because the artist couldn’t “afford you” only to find out a year later that the same project was on the radio and getting press? Feel like you’re caught in the twilight zone? Well, the real questions we should be asking is, “how much can the artist truly afford to pay,” and can I afford to “let this great project get away?” Successful careers in this industry are not usually built by conventional methods. You’re not running a tool store or a restaurant. Getting paid is the sum of the quality and quantity of your work in the market and the market success of that very product.

Getting more quality product out there comes at an expense. We must be willing to use the old sliding scale, especially when the artist and project are worth it. This said every artist can pay something. How we structure the conversation of pay determines the degree to which the

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artist is willing to meet the financial agreement you create.

The clearest, most rewarding way to negotiate I’ve seen is to charge by the project, not the hour. Set a reasonable amount that balances your needs with your time contribution and present that number to the artist. Offer incentives if you can, ranging from the number of extra hours or days you’re willing to commit to help in getting the project reviewed or distributed. Artist will pay for more if you make the effort to help them in areas they normally don’t receive from producers and engineers. I created a production label and am introducing a new online radio station to grow our communities’ ability to get our product to the people. The artists are offered these opportunities for free and help them more rapidly build community and fans. Helping artist with booking, or even marketing through social media and print can help secure an amount that insures a quality product, keeps the product moving and ultimately proves your worth in the market place! Proof of concept ensures income!

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Burning Slow House of Rock, Corpus Christi $7

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Sharkey’s Beach Club, Port Aransas 12-5pm, FREE Burning Slow Revo, Alice 10pm LLCool J Feat. DJ Z-Trip, Ice Cube, Public Enemy, De La Soul, DJ Chuck Chillout Stubbs, Austin $58 - $60

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Burning Slow The Phoenix Saloon, New Braunfels A Delicate Process, Hanging a Horse Thief, Moth Man (ATX), Ready the Messenger (ATX) Insurgence (ATX) Zeros Hard Rock Club, Corpus Christi TX

SAT JULY 6TH Jason Boland & The Stragglers w/ Jarrod Birmingham Brewster Street Icehouse, Corpus Christi $15 - $17 The Supervillians and More House of Rock, Corpus Christi $12 The Toadies Whitewater Amphitheater, New Braunfels $16 – $555 Everclear, Live, Filter, Sponge

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Bart Crow and Special Guest Brewster Street Icehouse, Corpus Christi $12 - $15 Fuel, Hoobastank, Lit, Alien Ant Farm Pharr Event Center, Pharr $35

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Gruene Hall, New Braunfels $20

THU JULY 25TH Wiz Khalifa & ASAP Rocky Austin 360 Amphitheater, Austin $26 - $454 Roger Creager Birthday Show (Acoustic) Gruene Hall, New Braunfels $20

Another Level Brewster Street Icehouse, Corpus Christi $5

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Eric Johnson Sam’s Burger Joint, San Antonio $20 - $25

Authority Zero, Ballyhoo, Fayuca, & Versus The World House of Rock, Corpus Christi $15 Wade Bowen Whitewater Amphitheater, New Braunfels $16 - $462

SUN JULY 21ST Davey Suicide (Hollywood CA/Standby Records) The Bunny The Bear (Buffalo NY/ Victory Records) The Defiled (London England/Nuclear Blast Records) Design the Skyline (Victory Records) & Killamora Zeros Hard Rock Club, Corpus Christi

MON JULY 22ND WWE RAW Frank Erwin Center, Austin $33 - $410

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Living Colour EMO’s, Austin $22 Adam Ant & The Good with the Lovely Posse The Belmont, Austin $32 - $35 Frankie Valli The Majestic Theatre, San Antonio $83 - $429 Roger Creager Birthday Show (Acoustic) Gruene Hall, New Braunfels $20 311, Cypress Hill & G Love, Special Sauce Austin City Limits, Austin $49 - $59

SAT JULY 27TH Black Sabbath Frank Erwin Center, Austin $89 - $1299

Roger Creager Birthday Show (Acoustic)

Andrew Stockdale (Wolfmother) EMO’s, Austin $16 Roger Creager Birthday Show (Acoustic) Gruene Hall, New Braunfels $20

WED JULY 31ST Zoso – The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience The Belmont, Austin $18 - $20

CLUB LISTINGS The Back Porch Bar 132 W Cotter St, Port Aransas Live Music Friday & Saturday Nights!

Brewster Street Icehouse 1724 N. Tancahua, Corpus Christi Throw down Thursday’s with Badlands FM! Docs 13309 SPID Corpus Christi Live music!

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The Flats Bar 801 Tarpon St Port Aransas Not the oldest, But We’re the Coldest!

Frontier Saloon 9709 Leopard St, Corpus Christi Live Texas Country Every Saturday Night! Come watch your

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Mustang Island State Park; Port Aransas

Texas State Aquarium Corpus Christi

Art Museum of South Texas Downtown Corpus Christi

National Seashore North Padre Island

Alamo Mission San Antonio

USS Lexington; North Beach, Corpus Christi

South Texas Botanical Gardens & Nature Center Corpus Christi

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Gully’s Saloon 3029 Laguna Shores, Corpus Christi Karaoke on Wed & Thu! Live Music Sat & Sun! Best little bar on the Madre!

House of Rock 511 Starr Street, Corpus Christi Great shows all month long!

Los Cabos 9601 South Padre Island Dr. in Flour Bluff, Corpus Christi Live music every weekend!

Outta Bounds Sports Lounge 1402 Rodd Field Rd, Corpus Christi Texas Music Mondays and Fridays Rockin’ Locals!

Pelican Lounge 14330 SPID, Corpus Christi Karaoke & Live Music!

Sam’s Burger joint 330 E Grayson San Antonio Voted the Best Live Music Venue!

7 Brothers Saloon Highway 181, Normanna TX Live music! Don’t want to drive home? Stay in our RV Park!

Sharkey’s 2600 Hwy 361 Port Aransas Karaoke & Live Music!

South Texas Ice House 6601 Everhart Rd, Corpus Christi We now have live music on Fridays and Saturdays! Best burgers in town – Try one and you’ll see!

Sparrow’s Landing 4528 SPID Corpus Christi Karaoke Thursdays and Live Music Friday & Saturday Nights!

Tarpon Ice House 321 N. Alister, Port Aransas Live Music, 2 bars, pool, darts, big screen TVs, WIFI, and a beer garden!

The Phoenix Saloon 193 W San Antonio St, New Braunfels Karaoke, Acoustic Happy Hour, & Live Music!

Theo’s Billiards 5815 Weber Rd, Corpus Christi Free pool every day until 7 pm!!

Don’t miss all the fun on Wild Wednesdays Vick’s Place 7136 FM 666, Mathis Ice cold beer, live music on Friday and Saturday nights, and Jam sessions on Sundays!

XS Ultra Lounge 4244 SPID, Corpus Christi Come have the ultimate Summer Break Experience!

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July 4-5 Downtown Corpus Christi 1pm to 9pm 4th of July Big Bang Celebration July 4 Downtown Corpus Christi 7am to 10pm Bay Jammin Concert Series Every Thursday Cole Park, Corpus Christi 7:30pm to 9:30pm 2nd Annual John UHR Memorial Billfish Tournament July 10-13 Rockport Fairgrounds Rockport TX 2nd Annual Spirit Aransas Pass Boat Parade, Laser Light Show July 4 Red Fish Bay Boat House Aransas Pass TX 3pm to 9pm Freedom Fest July 4-6 Mathis TX Texas Coastal Boating and Saltwater Expo July 11 Corpus Christi Bayfront Deep Sea Round Up

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FRIDAYS JULY Bay Jammin Cinema Series Every Friday @ Dusk Cole Park, Corpus Christi 2nd Annual John UHR Memorial Billfish Tournament July 10-13 Rockport Fairgrounds Rockport TX Freedom Fest July 4-6 Mathis TX Annual Saltwater Sweeties Ladies Amatuer Fishing Tournament July 12 Rockport TX 20th Annual Balcones Heights Jazz Festival Every Friday San Antonio 7pm to 10pm 44th Annual Rockport Art

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Felder Art Gallery Show Port Aransas Cost FREE

Marina Market Days July 6 CC Marina Corpus Christi 9am to 2pm Operation Safe Return City Wide Health & Safety Fair July 13 Sunrise Mall Corpus Christi 10am to 3pm Crescent Moon 5k Run July 13 North Beach @ Fajitaville Corpus Christi 8pm to 11pm Hottest 5k Run West Guth Park July 20 Corpus Christi 7am to 10am Monster (Truck) Jam July 20-21 American Bank Center Corpus Christi 44th Annual Rockport Art

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Freedom Fest July 4-6 Mathis TX

Monster (Truck) Jam July 20-21 American Bank Center Corpus Christi

16th Annual Capt. Hope Devlin Kids Fishing Tournament July 6 Roberts Point Park, Port Aransas 6am to 12:30pm First Saturday Music Walk July 6 Marina and La Retama Park

MISC THINGS Artist Cove Gallery Show Reception June 27, 5-7pm Aransas Pass Cost FREE

Islander Art Gallery Hamlin Shopping Center Corpus Christi Cost FREE Aurora Arts Theatre Fri-Sun showings Everhart Rd Corpus Christi Cost $12-14 Port Aransas Community Theatre Fri-Sun showings State Hwy 361 Port Aransas Cost 10-30 Harbor Playhouse Theater Fri-Sun showings Bayfront Park Corpus Christi Cost 8-21 Hooks Baseball Check their website for game schedules, promotions, and Friday Night Fireworks!

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that one down. I work very, very hard at this.

Last year I did show in one hundred and forty six different cities. It generates the income. I write it, produce it and perform it. I have no boss at all. If I go to work for a television studio or production house I have to promise to love, honor and obey while they fuck every whore on the street and then everybody is my boss. It’s a crumby job. Making movies…you sit around in a trailer all day to say some words…it’s a horrible existence as far as I’m concerned. I can’t live like that. Comedy was never a means to an end, it’s what I always wanted to do. I’m a touring comedian and when I stop doing that I’ll stop working. I’m blessed with the fact that the bulk of the American population is my age and we’re aging at the same rate so I’m writing jokes for myself in a sense.

STEAM: You’re an avid golfer. Recent headlines told the story of Tiger Woods and President Obama taking in a round recently while he was on vacation. Who would be your ideal golf partner?

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RON: I actually had the opportunity to play with a president as well. President Clinton, it was great, the stories he told had me laughing all day. To spend the day with him was a real honor.

STEAM: Did you have to give him a mulligan or two…or can you not speak of such matters.

RON: He’s actually an avid golfer (laughing) so no I didn’t have to give him any concessions.

STEAM: In an interview recently with Lewis Black he spoke of how important it is to have a circle of comic friends to bounce jokes off of.

Is that a philosophy you follow as well?

RON: I do. I tour with some very funny people

American Bank Center Corpus Christi and on the tour bus we sit around drinking and smoking, bouncing jokes off each other.

Website: http://www. tatersalad.com It’s banter like that where real comedy comes Social: Facebook/Twitter / TheTaterSalad from.

STEAM: You describe comedians as falling into two categories, those who build STEAM: You are very involved with facebook bridges and those who then proceed to walk across those bridges. Is it true you don’t and twitter and crack up your followers with your daily one-liners. How much time do you consider yourself a bridge builder? put into writing material for the social netRON: I think nearly every single comedian alive is a bridge walker. I did not come works or are those posts a combination of up with the genre of southern story telling. That’s not to say that I’m not a good comaterial not suitable for the stage? median. Sam Kinison taught us that the crowd can really hate you but you can still make them laugh…that’s a bridge. It’s very rare that I would consider anyone a build- RON: It does give me something to do with the stuff I write that is not funny enough to er. I’m a walker, I’m just a real good one. say on stage. To be honest I really don’t know STEAM: You’ve taken on more and more acting roles recently including a stint as a how much social networking does for me. I’m cop in 2011’s comedy blockbuster ‘Horrible Bosses’ though they continue to be in tired of it. In fact all it does do is give people supporting roles. Any thought on making the move to lead actor on screen or in a sitcom?

CONTINUED ON PAGE 27 RON: As bad as it sounds they can’t afford me (laughing). I already have a brass ring in terms that I sell a lot of hard tickets. For me to get another brass ring I have to put

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BRI BAGWEL: STRETCHING HER WINGS was telling about how I was learning to play guitar and he mailed me one.

It’s a typical Saturday night at the Pelican Lounge… lots of people having a great time listening to an awesome band, Jody Booth!

Most of the customers weren’t aware of the talent wandering through the crowd, Bri Bagwell and the Banned, who just a few hours earlier played at the Texas Game Warden Association Fishing Tournament and Music Festival in Port Aransas. Fortunately Bri and I found a semi-quiet spot and had a quick chat.

STEAM After you graduated from UT Austin you moved to College Station. Isn’t that a little backwards?

BB I had a booking agent that was also booking Cody Johnson, Jody Booth, Scooter Brown, and some others and he wanted to book me in the same areas too. I figured I was going to be playing a lot around the area so it just made sense for me to move there. When I first moved to College Station I had a day job but then we started getting busy to where I quit my day job to be a full-time musician.

STEAM While I was looking into your background I found that you are from Las Cruces NM and you are very athletic and carried a 4.0 GPA in high school.

STEAM How did you come up with the name band B-A-N-N-E-D?

BB Yeah, you can call me a nerd. When I was in high school I was very into sports, making the grade, and I was in a band. My twin brothers, Bryan and Brandan, who are seven years older than me, started a band together when they were 21 and I started singing. So I was playing in a band on Thursday nights and staying up till 1:30, 2:00 in the morning and still getting up for school on Friday. My parents, I almost felt sorry for them, were trying to figure out if this was what a 14-year-old girl should be doing. But I just love performing and music is what I definitely needed and still need. Their band was the perfect start for my career because I was so young and inexperienced. I’d get up there and be nervous but it calmed me down knowing my family was right there with me, so they really helped me make my transition from young, inexperienced singer to building a career on my singing and songwriting talents.

STEAM Do you still play with your brothers?

BB Well I have to give Craig, from Scooter Brown Band, credit for the name. One night we were sitting around talking about band names and I said what about The Band from Santa Fe and I meant B-A-N-D and Craig said, “Why don’t you spell it B-AN-N-E-D?” This is funny, because it looks much cooler than it sounds. I can’t tell you how many people tell me how lame my band name is, so I have to write it out for them; then it’s cool.

STEAM You play piano and guitar, any other instruments?

BB No, but I just picked up a piano and

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SOCIAL: FACEBOOK FACEBOOK // TWITTER TWITTER BRIBAGEWLL BRIBAGEWLL on different paths then mine, so it’s mostly SOCIAL: when we get together back home that we get to play. One brother plays drums, the of the top accounting schools (actually I think it still is) and of course I wanted the other plays guitar, and both sing. They are music. However, when I applied I was told that my chances were very slim because UT Austin doesn’t accept many students from out of state, so when I got both very talented. my acceptance letter my dad said, “You’ve got go” and I did. When I moved to STEAM Why did you choose to go to UT Austin I didn’t know one person, but it was the best thing that ever happened to Austin? me! Up until that point I only played piano so I decided to learn guitar. My neighBB Well, I wanted to go into accounting like bors in the dorm were learning how to play guitar too. I figured I could pick it up my dad because I thought that was a great fast since I knew a little because I had to follow my brother’s fingers while he career and at that time UT Austin was one played and I was on piano. I have a cousin in Nashville, who was Kenny Chesney’s steel guitar player for nine years, that I 12 STEAM MAGAZINE JULY 2013 WWW,FACEBOOK.COM/STEAMTX

I’m going to start playing it on stage soon. I began playing piano when I was about 12 years old and it’s my first love. Guitar makes absolutely no sense to me, so when people tell me they’re going to learn guitar I tell them that if I can do it, anyone can.

STEAM Just last August you signed with Sony ATV as a songwriter, so when you write a song do you use piano or guitar?

BB I usually write with guitar because it’s so much easier to travel with and a lot of times I’m on the road or in a hotel room. I wrote “Whiskey” and “Princess” (a new song) on the piano.

STEAM With all the music you write, do you have a favorite?

BB There is one, but it has more to do with my experience writing it than with the song – Don’t get me wrong I really like the song too! I had never co-written a song

before in my life and Sony ATV made an appointment for me with a writing partner, John Randall who co-wrote “Whiskey Lullaby”. I walked through the door to find not only John Randall but, one of his favorite writing partners, John Wiggins who cowrote “Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off”.

I felt so fortunate that I was able to sit down with these amazing songwriters for my first co-write ever! I had this idea, “It’s Not Love but It’s Close Enough” and it only took about 30 minutes. This song is very close to my heart and I’m excited that it will be released in a couple of months.

STEAM Have you had any of your songs recorded by anyone?

BB No, not yet. The deal I have is to hold my songs and not pitch them to anyone yet.

Right now I go to Nashville once a month to either write and record or record what I’ve written. They have just amazingly talented musicians! We go into the studio and 30 minutes later I have this high quality “demo”. It’s really exciting! Right now I am working on getting permissions to use seven songs as an EP-demo to release this

summer. I’m so excited to get a new album with these songs!

STEAM Last year you did 137 shows!

The majority of those are in Texas, with a few in Oklahoma. Do you plan to stretch your wings more this year?

BB We do! We’ve recently started to tour out a little bit farther. We’ve been to Colorado, Louisiana, and Oklahoma and we would really love to have an overseas tour… Although I do worry about being banned from Europe or something because my band is awesome, but they are crazy!

STEAM I know they are trying to get you on stage to sing a few songs, so is there anything you would like to add?

BB We have a new single out “Hound Dog”, so please call in and request it!

We will be at South Texas Ice House on July 19 and I look forward to seeing everyone there! I greatly appreciate all the support I have, from the radio stations to the fans! Every time we come to Corpus Christi, we have a great time. I just love it down here!

The Banned is: Nathan Sebesta - Lead Guitar/Harmony Vocals; Jacob Williams - Drums; Justin Lusk- Bass Guitar/Harmony Vocals

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Michael O Connor Sharing His Music

By Dustin Saulle decided to quit his job to strictly focus on music. After being told by his high school counselor that he would never be able to make money from music, he had a strong sense of pride when he proved him wrong.

trouble, not the cities. The city definitely influenced him and he “used to fight it, but now [is] kind of going with it”. In 2010, Michael O’Connor was honored by his hometown with his very own star on the South Texas In the early 90s after O’Connor had established local Music Walk of Fame. An honor he can forever share with popularity, he was playing at places like Executive Surf Texas legends Guy Clark and Freddy Fender.

Club and Doctor Rockit’s, in Corpus Christi. Moving While touring with Slaid Cleaves starting in 2000, O’Conaround and touring through Texas, O’Connor finally nor began working on his own solo albums such as Gimoved away from Corpus Christi for the final time in ants From A Sleepy Town (2007), Hard Times (2009), and 1998. With a strong love/hate relationship with the city then in 2011, with the release of Devil Stole The Moon, when he left, O’Connor saw it as a town where you can O’Connor decided that it was time to just devote himself O’Connor had a job, as an electrician’s assistant to earn get in all kinds of trouble, but recently when returning to to his solo work which he said “was a dip financially, but the money he needed to live off of. Then in 1986, when his hometown, he feels differently about it. Growing it was time”. he was earning enough money on his music alone, he enough to realize that they were his decisions that led to CONTINUED ON PAGE 27 Singer/songwriter/guitarist Michael O’Connor played his first gig in his hometown, Corpus Christi, at a local pizza parlor, called Panjo’s Pizza, in the early 80s. Playing smaller venues across the local circuit in his late teens and throughout his twenties, O’Connor was playing rock ‘n’ roll, blues, folk, and country with the bands Silent Slim & The Locomotives, and Blues Farm. He would play at dive bars, festivals, and theaters, including local Corpus Christi joints like Creeper’s Alley and Cantina Santa Fe, which are both no longer resources for the local music scene.

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understood the power of women in my life at an early age, so my mentors were mother, who sang to me every day, and my grandmother, who passed away at a very early age, was an artist. I was so young; I just remember seeing her pieces after the fact. So when I do my one-man shows I make sure everyone knows that we are all part of our ancestors. My belief is that it everything is in our DNA, to be tapped into.

What you learn in school is only a section of who you are.

Have you read, Think & Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill? It’s a great book he wrote it the late 1930s, in which he had interviewed all the great thinkers of the time, Ford Edison.

He wrote that there are 17 principles in human nature to understand, like desire, fame, and decisions. ‘Desire is the starting point to all achievement. That each human being that reaches the age of understanding and the purpose of money wishes for it, but wishing is not going to bring you money. Desiring riches in a state of mind that becomes an obsession and finding definite ways and means to acquire those riches will bring you those riches.’ So that is my message for everything.

Currently my art is taking off. After meeting Ben Workman, who is an artist originally from Corpus Christi, and hearing his story we decided to do a documentary (growing up in Corpus Christi, being bullied, and how he developed the Jumper Maybach character) and some art shows together; our first show was in June in LA and in July we are showing in Houston. Ben’s story is really fascinating STEAM A great segue into your current projects. As you said you have been working on the Jumper Maybach documentary; what else do you have going on?

PEPE “Red on Yella, Kill a Fella” is a Western that I’ve been working on with Justin Meeks, (writer, director, coproducer and star) and Duane Graves (director, coproducer). Both are from Corpus Christi and Justin studied under Chip Hinkle, who I went to Del Mar College with, and I did a motivational speech at Tom Brown Middle School in Corpus Christi where my nephews and Justin were attending. Here we are 25 years later and he hires me to work on his movie. It’s a very small world.

STEAM That’s interesting because I was going to ask if you knew of anyone who had gone on to bigger and better things that had either attended your workshops or one of your motivational speeches.

PEPE I’ve given so many speeches and so many people of have attended that I really don’t know. Justin is the only one I know of and that is because he contacted me.

Another project I’m working on is a comedy, “AGuruphobia”, which I am coproducing. I am also an associate producer on “Red on Yella, Kill a Fella”. I am also the lead role for “A Man from Reno” with David Boyle. This is my third film with him and the best part I’ve ever had. I’m really excited about this one.

STEAM Now that you brought up producers; can you explain to me what the role of the producer and the hierarchy?

PEPE The producer is the person that comes up with the money and makes the arrangements for the movie to happen. There’s a producer (the main guy everyone answers to) and under him would be executive producers and co-

producers, basically his managers who help with getting money and the arrangements. Below them are associate producers and assistant producers, the people who help more with the daily operations, like a supervisor. For the Jumper Maybach documentary I am the producer; I heard the story, found the money, made the arrangements, and am making the movie happen.

STEAM I know you have a director calling you, so just one last question. Besides your art, acting and movie career, and motivational speaking you are also teaching workshops and improv classes. You have a couple coming up in Corpus Christi, can you tell us about those?

PEPE First, I will be doing an actor’s workshop on July 22. There is more information in this issue of STEAM and my website has a sample of the class in the workshop video. Also, I’m doing an improv workshop aimed at helping our youth called “Straight Through Improv: Bits to Connect, Communicate and Collaborate”. This is my mantra for everything - you meet people, you discuss things, and you figure out how to make things work. It’s how we help each other succeed and build communities. For example, I come back to Corpus Christi to do a lot of my work so that I can connect, communicate, and collaborate with the people of this area and to help keep things going.

Pepe Serna with Dr Mary Jane Garza, and Edward Olmos

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Red on Yella, Kill a Fella An independent motion picture from Greeks Productions and Through Films... In the autumn of 1900, aging outlaw Claude Barbee finds his way of life threatened by the rapid expansion of technology. Putting his "retirement plan" into action, he attempts to lead his ruthless gang across Texas to recover a cash-loot hidden after a botched railroad robbery. They soon discover they're being hunted by more than just the law - but rather a merciless, unexpected evil quite possibly greater than themselves.

MAN FROM RENO is a new feature film by Dave Boyle, acclaimed director of "White on Rice" and "Surrogate Valentine." Starring: Ayako Fujitani, Pepe Serna, and Kazuki Kitamura.

A-Guruphobia When internet Guru Nanak meets his biggest fan agoraphobic Crystal Luna the two discover that searching for enlightenment can be dangerous.

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Pepe with Ben Workman during the filming of the Jumper Maybach Documentary.

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Band Member: Art Alexakis Show Info: 7.10.13 Old Concrete Street Website: www.everclearonline.com STEAM: You went through a really tough upbringing; do feel amazing, that I have made that record for somebody. you think Everclear would have the same sound if it were not for STEAM: I have to ask you about Craig and Greg leaving the your childhood?

band, what was the cause of them leaving and what was it like for

probably be, well… I don’t know, something respectable (laughing). The thing is, growing up in a housing project, yea, it was difficult, but I wouldn’t know any other way. I didn’t have a mom and a dad and a white picket fence. It affected my music because I had an addictive personality, my dad left when I was six, my brother died when I was twelve. It ain’t “Leave it to Beaver” but it was the best my mom could do. At least I had true love and affection. I think she raised me up pretty good.

STEAM: “So Much for the Afterglow” was the first album I ever owned. I can even remember getting it for Christmas as a kid. I always thought of it as a an album that relates easily to what it was like growing up at the tail end of Generation X and kind of being a misfit. What did that album mean to you? Do you agree with some people’s conception that it was a very generational album?

EVERCLEAR: Well, I am flattered when people say that.

That was an album that, when people ask me what album I am proudest of, I would say “So Much or The Afterglow”. There is so much history to it. Following up a platinum record, some people want to see you succeed but some want to see you fail, and to have a bigger success after a success, it is great to prove yourself to people who said you couldn’t do it. I have always had an itch about me, where I didn’t do it by yelling and fighting them, I did it with a guitar with rock and roll song and a great band. I listen to it now and there is nothing on it I would change. It sold three-million records plus and counting. We have a lot of people telling us that it was a very big record for them, growing up, and that makes me

EVERCLEAR: Well, Craig and Greg were the third versions

EVERCLEAR: I doubt I would even be in a band. I would you to play with a completely restructured band afterwards?

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of Everclear. They were in the band for about six years with me; the guys in the band now have been in the band for over eight years with me. When Craig and Greg left the band it was mutual, they wanted to leave, I wanted them to leave, no drama. I was getting bored with it, I didn’t really like the last record we did together that much, so I wanted to do something else.

STEAM: You are doing a tour this summer with a bunch of awesome bands, you guys have all been putting out great music for a long time, do you have a specific show that you are looking forward to doing this summer?

EVERCLEAR: Absolutely, thanks for asking. It is called the Summerland tour, it is an idea that I came up with that became reality. It is Everclear, Live, Filter and Sponge. A lot of great bands and I’m super excited to get out on the road with them.

STEAM: The band name Everclear, I have heard a couple of different things about where it comes from, I think the most popular theory is that it is a reference to Grain Alcohol. Is this true and if it is, how did you choose the band name?

EVERCLEAR: Haha, there is like a phone book of people asking that question online. I got it from grain alcohol. I remember being a kid and drinking that stuff and thinking that looked like water, but it is pure white evil, totally deceptive. So that is kind of how we thought of it, we were pretty rowdy when we came out.

We are still pretty rowdy too, it was a name that was synonymous with grain alcohol, but now when you google it the majority of the CONTINUED ON PAGE 27

LIVING COLOUR Show Info 7.26.13

Website: http://www. livingcolour.com/

STEAM: Is it true that before your musical career you were an aspiring actor and Vernon Reed overheard you singing at a birthday party and well…the rest is history?

Emo’s Austin

COREY: That’s true. I’ve been an actor since I was fourteen and have been acting off and on my whole life. It was a friend’s birthday party and I was singing to her happy birthday and Vernon just happened to be there in the background with his sister and he happened to overhear me.

STEAM: In 1989 Vivid went platinum and you were awarded Best New Artist at the VMA’s, back when they were relevant and such an accolade mattered. What did it mean when you won the VMA in comparison to now, an awards show from a channel devoid of music?

COREY: That’s really the only difference. I think what MTV is fighting against now is the internet. Nowadays you can watch any music video at any time, in any order you would like to see it instead of trolling through MTV’s playlists of countdowns. Access to music is different now. Back when I was young and MTV first came on it wasn’t even in my neighborhood, I actually had to travel to a friend’s house to watch it. I’m from Brooklyn, trust me there was no MTV in Brooklyn, it became an event to run out and find where MTV was.

For Living Colour it was extremely helpful as before a band would have to play everywhere and do a bunch of work to get their name out there, MTV helped alleviate a lot of that saving us some time and pushing us right into the limelight.

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STEAM: What was a more important award back then, a Grammy or a VMA? COREY: I have an issue with any type of award. I think the true award is the recognition that people know who you are. People actually heard what you had to say and connected to it. Having a Grammy does what? After I won I got on a train and went back to Brooklyn…what does that mean (laughing).

STEAM: In 2006 you starred in a traveling rendition of Jesus Christ Superstar, one of the first musicians to take such in a Broadway/off Broadway production. What was it like to be a part of that?

help produce your new album so you would not have to go through the corporate route. Do you feel such an action labels you as part of the indie music scene?

COREY: I think the idea of being on a record label is an old notion right now. They allot moneys that allow you to get what you need to get done…done. Then there is the old adage that you are only as good as your last record and funding goes up or down with sales, truly limiting what an artist can do. I’m making a record for my fans, something outside the realm of what ‘Corporate’ would expect an album to be.

- Words by: Derek Signore, The Sound Magazine

COREY: It was very similar to being a musician, constant life on the road like I had been doing my whole life. Once the show was over it was back on bus. The only difference is that there are a lot more people and a lot more parts to it.

STEAM: Blending acting and music comes very naturally to you, have you ever thought of marrying the two on a motion picture soundtrack?

COREY: I’ve done some voice over work and sung on some indie films but never anything major.

Soundtracks are such an industry now. Sometimes it’s separate from the movie itself. Most of the time they’re done after the fact and have little to no correlation with the movie. I’ve learned to tune out most soundtracks and look at the movie for what it is.

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3rd Coast Foodie

Los Cabos

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orpus Christi is full of great taquerias, cantinas, and obscure little Mexican eateries. There definitely is no shortage of Mexican food in the coastal bend but it was hard to find a good Mexican buffet in town. Finally someone had the guts to start one even though it’s only during lunch hours.

Los Cabos in Flour Bluff is featuring items off their menu in an all you can eat lunch buffet. Buffets can be dangerous for people like me with an appetite fit for a king. I never know when to say when at buffets and always leave too full. That’s why a lunch buffet is ideal because it caters to those in a hurry and or with a lack of patience to wait for even a short order cook to

prepare one’s food. Another reason to hit a buffet is to sample all of the items on a menu, like this particular case in which Los Cabos specializes.

The buffet is full of traditional Mexican favorites including enchiladas, rellenos, shrimp cocktail, rice and beans and a really good taco bar.

Specialty items like Enchiladas Tarascas, San Lucas Snapper and Chicken Noerteno frequent the buffet as well but change out daily. It also includes soup, salad, shrimp cocktail, fruit and desert. They also have a pretty darn good chicken fried steak with country gravy and mashed potatoes and corn. All u can eat chicken fried steak is like a dream come true.

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GRAB YOUR STOPWATCH! TIME TO FILM!

Lights, camera, stopwatch! The race is on in Corpus Chrsiti for filmmakers across Texas to write, shoot, score, edit, and submit an original film in just seven days and not a second more.

The Seventh Annual Corpus Christi 7-Day Film Project (CC7D), will kick off on July 10th, at 6:30pm at the House of Rock. This competition is open to all ages and experience levels, and teams have no minimum or maximum number. “Seven-day attracts a wide spectrum of people, from individuals with [just an] I-Pad to $10,000 cameras,” said Omar Becerra, a freelance filmmaker and CC7D organizer.

Teams are assigned four common elements to incorporate in their film at the start of the competition: a prop, a line of dialogue, a character, and a final element that is unique to each year of the competition. “The [elements] are how you level the playing field and prevent pre-planning,” commented Becerra.

The CC7D Wrap Party will be on July 17 at 6:30pm, at the House of Rock. Everyone is welcome to attend and cheer on teams as they race to the finish time. The Awards Presentation and Public Screening will be held at the Harbor PlayFilms must be four to eight minutes long, and shot on location in house on August 31, at 1:00pm.

Corpus Christi or the surrounding area. However, teams can par- Whether you want to star or make a movie, or ticipate from all over the country. Previous years’ participants you just like watching movies, don’t miss this have come from as far as Dallas, Houston, Austin, San Antonio, event. You never know if Hollywood could be and all areas in between. calling next.

Once films have been turned in a jury panel of film makers and community figures will judge submissions. The top three jury selections will be awarded cash prizes as high as $1,200. Other awards include: technical achievement award, young filmmaker award, best actor, best actress, best supporting actor, best supporting actress, and audience choice award.

Since CC7D started in 2007 with 30 teams it has grown to almost 60 teams participating in the last year’s event, with almost 50 teams finishing on time. “With so many people participating you might expect to see a lot of the same people year after year,” said Becerra, “but more than half the participants have been new each year.”

Unlike the 48-Hour Film project, which occurs in cities nationwide, CC7D is unique to Corpus. The more laid-back time limit fits with the South-Texas life style and Becerra says allows for higher quality films. Matt McClung, a high school participant, included one of his CC7D films in his admissions portfolio to USC’s Film School, where he is currently attending school.

“The [Corpus] film community is unbelievable,” Becerra said, “CC7D is so important for this region and the film community would never have had an opportunity to show their potential before this event.”

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ROAD HOME I’m talking with Kevin Harwi, the lead singer for the Road Home band.

STEAM I understand Road Home will be signing with ETip Records.

You guys are a tight knit group. How long have you been together and what makes your band different?

RH Well, we are in negotiations with them right now and that can take a while. This is a group decision and we’re trying to come up with the best plan of action for both sides.

RH Road Home has been around for the last five years.

Wayne Barnhart (lead guitar) and Thomas Scruggs (bass guitar) joined us about a year and a half ago. We don’t actually have a bandleader, we are all leaders; there is no “I”, we work as a team. We believe in teamwork and group participation and we don’t have anyone in the band that doesn’t feel this way. I think we are hard workers that are trying to go above and beyond what we are currently doing and I think that makes us different than everybody else, so come out and enjoy our show and buy a CD.

STEAM Do you play mostly in the San Antonio area?

RH We’re playing all over the place right now and we want to play more in the Corpus Christi area. We will be playing in San Antonio at Crazy D’s Saloon on July 13 and September 7. Beginning in August we’ll be a house band at JW’s Bracken Saloon, which is in Bracken just outside of San Antonio, where we’ll play once a month. We have recently played in Llano at the Buckhorn Hall and at Neal’s Lodge in Con Can. Basically we are playing every STEAM Tell me a little about your CD, “Worlds Un- other weekend and if we don’t play one weekend, we known”. play a couple of shows the next. You can always check RH We recorded at Sound Machine Studios. We’re our schedule at roadhomeband.net really trying to push this album as we really believe in STEAM You guys will be at Theo’s billiards on July 27th. the songs. We were very limited in our studio time but I Who is the other band on the bill? think we ended up with a good product and we look RH That would be Cameron Nelson & Guardrail Damage forward to going back into the studio.

Ahead. We’re co-headlining with Cameron Nelson & STEAM Looking at the CD cover, you write a lot of the Guardrail Damage Ahead. We both have a great deal remusic and lyrics for Road Home. spect for each other and our bands so we weren’t conRH I’ve written a few of the songs but a lot of times cerned about whom would headline, we just decided we just sit down with an idea and co-write. Mark both bands would be Headliners. So come on out and McCoy (drummer) wrote the lyrics for “When You Least bring your friends; this is going to be a great show.

Expect It”. “Lady Liberty” was written by Patrick Burke, who is my wife’s cousin. Patrick wrote this song for his mother who had passed away. He sent me the lyrics, which were about two pages long, and I broke those down into the song itself and then the band and I developed the melody line. Mark also designed the album cover.

Show Info 7.27.13

STEAM Where can people get your CDs? RH You can find our CDs at roadhomeband.net, CD Baby , Amazon.com, Sound Cloud, Google Play Music, and of course at our shows.

Website: http://www. roadhomeband.net/

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Popa Chubby—Universal Breakdown Blues To some he may be to raw and raunchy to others he is to bluesy , but guitar geeks know Popa Chubby is all about “the tone,” and his new album Universal Breakdown Blues lives up to the hype. For his twenty third album Chubby gives us ten fresh blues rockers and two inspired covers full of guitar theatrics and no hold barred guts and glory.

Kicking off with the heavy duty Texas shuffle “ I Don’t Want Nobody,” back by a Double Trouble style rhythm section of Erik Boyd on bass and Sim Cain on drums, and searing B3,you know this will a blues guitar thrill ride.

The gospel fused “I Aint Giving Up,” features some full blown choral backup vocals and a clever “Axis Bold as Love,” turn around. Chubby shows off more of his love for Hendrix on the populist battle call title track with its Cross

-town Traffic flavor and then sets the BB King classic “Rock Me Baby,” over top of” Voodoo Chile.” Chubby get low down on the standard twelve bar “The People’s Blues,” and adds some Cajun flavor “I Need a Lil’ Mojo,” and channels Santana for the rumba rocker “69 Dollars.” Weighing in at nearly nine minutes “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” is an outrageous romp that rolls from Blues to Rock to Do Wop and back again with quotes from Fleur De Lis and Santo and Johnny’s Sleepwalk, captured live so you know there was no studio trickery. Chubby shows off his outlaw side on “Dangerous Man,” and “Goin Back to Amsterdam,” rounding out a solid effort from a true gunslinger. popachubby.wix.com/popachubby#!

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Britt Lloyd Band/conglomeration Britt Lloyd Band’s latest album, Conglomeration, is the third album the band has released since forming in 2003. They are known for their amalgamation of Texas country and edgy rock filled with heavy guitar solos, and their third album doesn’t disappoint. At just 49 minutes long, the album is a combination of 7 studio and 6 live tracks, all written by the band. The first track, “Never Alone,” shows of lead singer, Lloyd’s smoky vocals and tight harmonies with Chris Byrd, drummer and keyboardist. The second track, “Drifter,” is a more traditional country song, about what else… being a loner and leaving the ones you love in true country fashion. The next two tracks slow the pace down, although the chorus of “I’ll Go Away,” does get repetitive by the end of the song, the simple melody and departure from heavy guitar riffs makes it a sweet song. “Break Up,” is a catchy song you could easily find yourself driving down the road, nodding your head in time to the catching tune.

The fifth track, “Keep Lying,” was my least favorite track on the CD. Llyod’s overly layered vocals are massively distracting from the melody and clash too much with the song. The next track was my favorite on the album, “Simple Man,” is perfect for Lloyd’s

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vocal range and the beginning guitar solo is reminiscent of Stone Temple Pilots’, “Interstate Love.” The live tracks highlight BLB’s talent as rock n’ roll musicians, my favorite track was the fast-paced love song “History,” where Lloyd hits some great higher notes that don’t show up in the studio songs.

Conglomeration has been listed in the Top Sellers list at www.lonestarmusic.com, and the final track, “Dresser Drawer,” garnered positive feedback from a Billboard Song Contest judge stating, “The song has potential for cross market appeal.” Currently, BLB doesn’t have any tour dates set for July, but I would try to catch their next show if you get a chance. They won’t disappoint. www.brittlloyd.com - By Rachel Mills

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an outlet to be mean to me (laughing). Without it those people wouldn’t have a voice to say such things and would have to keep their opinions to themselves, which I would prefer them to do anyways. Someone said to me on twitter the other day that I was ‘the worst comedian that ever lived’. I can’t be the worst…no way (laughing). I sell records, I’m popular, In might not be the best but I’m certainly not the worst (laughing).

Quote of the interview: “I smoke because i honestly can’t imagine a world without me smoking in it. i used to smoke cigarettes but i cant anymore due to health reasons. so now i smoke cigars and with the $80 dollars a month i save not smoking cigarettes i’m now smoking $800 worth of cigars.”

Words by Derek Signore, The Sound Magazine

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stuff that pops up is about our band. So we have kind of redefined it.

STEAM: Last question, where do you see Everclear going in the future? After this tour, what do you expect from your band in the future?

EVERCLEAR: I have no idea, really. I try not to look at it. I am old enough to understand that you don’t really drive the bus. Life will take you places where you never thought it could take you. I have been fortunate because the only thing I ever wanted to do in my life from when I was four years old was be in a rock band. So, will there be another few records? I don’t know but I will probably involved in music, or some sort of expressing myself for the rest of my life.

Words by: Scott Yager, The Sound Magazine

Michael Oconnor With O’Connor now writing his own music, he declared that he “learned to write about what you know”, and that is the reason his lyrics explore the troubles of the down and out blue collar workers, to the unsung artists. In fact, Slaid Cleaves admires that “Michael O’Connor’s songs have that ring of truth,” and he recorded two of O’Connor’s songs on his 2006 album, Unsung.

With three solo albums under O’Connor’s belt, he is always trying to bring something new to each album.

On his most recent album from 2011, Devil Stole The Moon, O’Connor played all of the guitars on the record, as well as the lap steel, mandolin, harmonica and for the first time in his life, he played the keyboards on the album. Claiming he had “never really done that,” and that “it’s just something I started messing around with while we were recording”.

O’Connor had purchased a chord organ for $30 at a pawnshop right before album producer, Jack Saunders, came in with a Casio keyboard that he had

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found in a dumpster. Enthusiastically, Michael shouted, “Let’s use it!” With no desire for anything too fancy on the album, and as Michael figured out some chord patterns here and there, both of the newly acquired keyboards were used on the recording of the album.

Currently O’Connor has plenty of booked Texas dates for the summer, but is also venturing out to North Carolina and even Alaska at the end of July. Being no stranger to touring, he has done shows in every state except for Wyoming. O’Connor is just a humble man, traveling all over America, sharing his gift of musical talent. “I’m not trying to be famous or nothing,” he says.

“I just write these songs that I play on guitar, and I’m doing it because it’s what I think I’m supposed to do”.

As far as future album work, O’Connor is planning on releasing a new rock ‘n’ roll album in the fall or early next year. “No acoustic guitars, pure rock ‘n’ roll”, he said.

Being a great songwriter, guitar player, and even better person, Michael O’Connor will only continue to release good music and share it with the fans. “I don’t need to be rich,” he says simply. “I just want to make my living.” Words by Dustin Saulle WWW.STEAMMAGAZINE.NET JULY 2013 STEAM MAGAZINE 27

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